Bone health is one of the most important topics in medicine. Why? Because bone fractures are one of the leading causes of mortality in older adults. In this episode we speak with Dr. John Neustadt; one of the leading integrative medicine clinicians in the area of bone health and osteoporosis. He has really brought to the forefront researched based nutrients such as Vitamin K2 (MK4), Calcium, Vitamin D , and other diet and lifestyle interventions that are geared toward reducing fracture risk. We discuss bone density testing and the context of the T-score on the Dexa Scan as well as what really matters when it comes to choice of therapies. We speak about risk factors leading toward bone density issues and what we can all do to strive for healthy bones. Bone physiology is a fascinating topic as is a unique coordination of bone production orchestrated by osteoblasts and bone remodeling and re-absorption orchestrated by osteoclasts and for good bone to be made the body needs a coordination between these components. It also has many factors such as hormone, immune, and inflammatory elements. Bone density improvement does not necessarily mean better bones. We go into this and more on this episode.
About Dr. Neustadt
John Neustadt, ND was Founder and Medical Director of Montana Integrative Medicine and Founder and President of the dietary supplement Nutritional Biochemistry, Inc. (NBI (https://nbihealth.com/) ) and NBI Pharmaceuticals. He’s a Medical Expert for TAP Integrative, a nonprofit educating doctors about integrative medicine. He’s published more than 100 research reviews and was recognized by Elsevier as a Top Ten Cited Author for his work. Dr. Neustadt’s books include, A Revolution in Health through Nutritional Biochemistry and the textbook, Foundations and Applications of Medical Biochemistry in Clinical Practice. Dr. Neustadt is an editor of the textbook, Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine (2nd Edition). He was the first naturopathic doctor ever voted Best Doctor among all physicians in his area. Dr. Neustadt received 15 Orphan Drug Designation by the US FDA for the use of natural products for the potential treatment of rare diseases.
Dr. Neustadt is an expert in clinical approaches to improving sleep. He’s lectured at medical conferences, educating physicians about how they can more effectively help patients with insomnia and other sleep disorders. Based on his research he created the dietary supplement Sleep Relief (https://nbihealth.com/sleep-support/) . Sleep Relief’s bi-phasic, time-release technology delivers NBI’s proprietary formula with clinically validated nutrients in two stages—a quick-release first stage and a slow-release second stage to help you gently fall asleep, stay asleep and wake refreshed and ready for your day.
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